Hungarian Workers' Party Magyar Munkáspárt | |
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| Chairman | Gyula Thürmer |
| Founded | 17 December 1989 (1989-12-17) |
| Split from | Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party |
| Headquarters | 1046 Budapest, Munkácsy Mihály u. 51/a |
| Newspaper | A Szabadság |
| Youth wing | Baloldali Front |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left[8] |
| National affiliation | Leftist Alliance |
| European affiliation | INITIATIVE (2013–2023) |
| International affiliation | IMCWP WAP[9] |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | "Workers of the world, unite!" |
| National Assembly | 0 / 199 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
| County Assemblies | 0 / 381 |
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TheHungarian Workers' Party (Hungarian:Magyar Munkáspárt,pronounced[ˈmɒɟɒrˈmuŋkaːʃpaːrt]) is acommunist party inHungary led byGyula Thürmer. Established after the fall of the communistHungarian People's Republic, the party has yet to win a seat in the Hungarian parliament. Until May 2009, it was a member of theParty of the European Left. It was formed from, and considers itself the successor to, the former rulingHungarian Socialist Workers' Party. Despite having run in every parliamentary election since1990, the party has never won seats.
The party was established as theHungarian Socialist Workers' Party on 17 December 1989 as a successor party of theHungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) by a small group of old MSZMP members who opposed its transformation into theHungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). Among them wasKároly Grósz, the last general secretary of the old MSZMP, who became the new party's acting chairman
In the1990 elections it received around 3% of the national vote, the largest share for a party that failed to win a seat.[10][11]
In 1993 the party adopted the nameWorkers' Party, and in the same year a group of hard-liners broke away to form anotherHungarian Socialist Workers' Party. In the1994 elections, the party won a similar share of the vote, again emerging as the largest party without a seat. Despite increasing its vote share to around 4% in the1998 elections, the party again remained seatless. In the2002 elections, the party's vote share fell to around 2%, and for the first time since 1990, not the largest party without parliamentary representation.[10][11]
On 12 November 2005 it became theHungarian Communist Workers' Party when a split led to the formation of theWorkers' Party of Hungary 2006 led by János Fratanolo. In the2006 elections the party received less than 0.5% of the national vote, whilst in the2010 elections, its vote share fell to just 0.1%. On 11 May 2013 the party was renamed again, this time becoming theHungarian Workers' Party due to a law passed the previous year banning the public use of names associated with "authoritarian regimes of the 20th century."[12] In the2014 parliamentary election, the party received 0.56% of the votes, again the largest party without parliamentary seats.
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The party opposed Hungary joiningNATO. In 1996 the party organised a countrywide collection of signatures for a referendum on NATO membership. This HCWP-led referendum drive failed, althoughanother referendum on NATO membership was held in 1997, which resulted in a vote in favour. The party continues to oppose the country's participation in NATO and other military organisations. It campaigns to have all Hungarian forces returned from abroad and to reduce the military budget. The party opposed NATO campaigns in Yugoslavia againstSlobodan Milošević and the2003 invasion of Iraq.
It supports theCommunistPeople’s Republic of China.[2] On the question of the2016 migrant quota referendum, the party called for a "no" vote, expressing opposition to what it perceives as "EU aggression" against Hungary.
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| Election | Leader | SMCs | MMCs | Seats | +/– | Status | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 1990 | Gyula Thürmer | 131,444 | 2.65% (#9) | 180,899 | 3.68% (#7) | 0 / 386 | New | Extra-parliamentary |
| 1994 | 177,458 | 3.29% (#7) | 172,117 | 3.19% (#7) | 0 / 386 |  0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 1998 | 165,461 | 3.70% (#6) | 183,071 | 4.08% (#6) | 0 / 386 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2002 | 108,732 | 1.93% (#6) | 121,503 | 2.16% (#6) | 0 / 386 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2006 | 16,379 | 0.30% (#8) | 21,955 | 0.41% (#6) | 0 / 386 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2010 | 5,668 | 0.11% (#10) | 5,606 | 0.11% (#7) | 0 / 386 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | +/– | Status | ||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 2014 | Gyula Thürmer | 12,716 | 0.26% (#8) | 28,323 | 0.56% (#5) | 0 / 199 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2018 | 13,613 | 0.25% (#9) | 15,640 | 0.27% (#10) | 0 / 199 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2022[a] | 8,678 | 0.16% (#7) | — | 0 / 199 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary | ||
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/- | Notes |
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| 2004 | 56,221 | 1.83% (6th) | 0 / 24 | ||
| 2009 | 27,829 | 0.96% (7th) | 0 / 22 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 14,452 | 0.42% (9th) | 0 / 21 | 0 |
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"Hungarian Worker's Party* (Munkáspárt) is a minor orthodox communist party. It is in favour of China and accuses "the capitalistic political order" of propaganda against communism.
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